Scope and arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
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- Creator
- Burness, Donald
- Call number
- Sc MG 773
- Physical description
- 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Africana collection of Donald Burness, Sc MG 773, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Donald Burness, a founding member of the African Literature Association, is the author of several books on Lusophone African literature and the editor of several poetry anthologies that focus on the works of writers from Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and other African nations. The collection contains Burness's correspondence with African and Caribbean authors including Chinua Achebe, Manuel Dos Santos Lopes, Oscar Bento Ribas, and Andrew Salkey, among others.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Donald B. Burness, 2007.
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2020 October 14)
Processing information
Accessioned by A. Q. Wright, November 2007.
Separated material
Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: books
Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.
Related Material
Dennis Brutus papers, Sc MG 289, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor